Beacon Oral Specialists Appoints Michael Friguletto as CEO
May 11, 2021Dallas, TX – Beacon Oral Specialists has appointed Michael Friguletto as its CEO effective immediately. Mr. Friguletto joins Dallas, Texas-based Beacon as a veteran leader of healthcare-driven businesses. He most recently served as President of U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP), a physician-owned practice dedicated to providing high-quality anesthesia services to over 2.3 million patients across the nation annually. He was instrumental in building USAP to be a leader in anesthesia care, with industry-leading quality and operational excellence, growing over three times to more than 4,000 clinicians providing care across nine states. Mr. Friguletto has been a leader within the healthcare and physician services markets for more than two decades, previously serving as President of HealthTronics IT Solutions and as a Senior Vice President within GE Healthcare.
“The Beacon team has built a market-leading organization defined by a patient-first culture and a high-quality clinical reputation,” said Friguletto. “I am honored to be joining Beacon and, along with the clinical and operations teams, am excited to build on our existing foundation to support growth acceleration of the leading oral surgery support services organization.”
“We are delighted to welcome Michael to the Beacon Oral Specialists team,” said Harris Thompson, Operating Partner at Blue Sea Capital. “He is a seasoned executive with extensive healthcare and physician services experience and he is well-positioned to lead us forward as we continue to leverage best-in-class resources to deliver the highest quality services to our affiliated surgeons, employees and patients.”
About Beacon Oral Specialists
Beacon Oral Specialists (www.beaconoralspecialists.com) is a leading management services organization serving the oral surgery sector. Beacon Oral Specialists provides world-class practice management solutions to a network of nationally renowned oral surgeons across the United States. Beacon Oral Specialists provides a comprehensive set of business support functions, including billing and collections, marketing, financial and accounting services, benefits and payroll management, information technology, data analytics, vendor management and legal.
Blue Sea Capital is a private equity firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida that invests in growth-oriented lower middle market companies valued up to $300 million. The firm has over $1.4 billion in assets under management and invests across three industry verticals: aerospace & defense, healthcare and industrial growth. Blue Sea Capital’s strategy is to partner with talented leaders and differentiated companies, typically as the first or second institutional investor, and deliver strategic and operational value-add that drives growth acceleration, industry outperformance and business transformation.
